Imagine sitting in the NIH, contemplating the arrival of a disease like HIV, which has killed 700,000 Americans, and advising the country that “the best pandemic preparedness playbook for the United States is making America healthy again.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...

Rats catching bats—a new pathway for zoonotic disease? Happy Halloween! #Halloween #IDSky #SciSky www.science.org/content/arti...

Job alert! We are hiring a postdoc focused on Arbovirus epidemiology and modeling to join our group at UCLA. Please share and apply below #EpiSky #IDSky #SciSky recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10606

We’re hiring a Senior Research Data Analyst for our group—the Translational Infectious Disease Eco-epidemiology (TIDE) lab. This will be a foundational role to help improve detection and mitigation of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases #EpiSky #SciSky #IDSky www.linkedin.com/posts/sethju...

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

After six months of turmoil, the loss of the new director and a round of high-profile resignations marks a new low at the CDC (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...

These letters of resignation from CDC officials are VERY MUCH worth your time. PLEASE READ AND PROPAGATE.

⚠️ “We are flying blind, and there is nothing organized at the White House to protect us. We can’t detect, we can’t protect, and we would certainly respond later than other countries” should a pandemic occur.

4,000 NASA workers are leaving through deferred resignation. "The cuts amount to an estimated 20% of NASA's workforce" www.npr.org/2025/07/26/n...

I'm thrilled that today I returned to UCLA as an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Division of Infectious Diseases. I’m building an interdisciplinary team focused on globally emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases. More info soon! #IDsky #EpiSky #SciSky sethjudson.com/research-ove...

As we head into West Nile season it is key to remember that there are still no treatments or vaccines for humans, so prevention is key. We found significant impact of West Nile on our patient population over the last decade, highlighting this issue #IDsky #EpiSky www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Research done at Rocky Mountain Labs has played a pivotal role in responding to infectious disease threats, including vector-borne diseases, Ebola, and COVID-19. It is a special place and has a major impact on the local community. Thinking of colleagues and community members there #IDsky #SciSky

New NIH Guide Notice about foreign subawards grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

Yellow fever kills 30-60% of severely affected patients and an outbreak can double in size every 5-7 days. That's why the global emergency stockpile of 6 million #yellowfever vaccine doses is so crucial ➡️ bit.ly/42CaOLs

I made a timeline of all the actions in Trump's (almost) first 100 days that have upended science and health. It was staggering to me to see it all in one place, even though I reported on many on these events. www.statnews.com/2025/04/24/t...

I still remember vividly the relief and celebrations among healthcare workers on the first day that COVID-19 vaccines arrived in our hospital. To see the process that led to those vaccines and other medical advancements being actively dismantled is devastating #IDSky #MedSky #EpiSky #SciSky

Joining fellow concerned citizens in our nation’s capitol today because science saves lives, and in the words of speaker @itaiyanai.bsky.social, science delivers #StandUpForScience

My experiences as a NIH postbac were critical to my growth as a physician-scientist—that program is now in jeopardy. The incredible NIH scientists I worked with made discoveries to fight Ebola and COVID-19—they are now losing their jobs #IDsky #Medsky #Episky www.science.org/content/arti...

If someone thinks the measles outbreak and childhood death in Texas are "not unusual" or "happens all the time", they are deeply misinformed. h/t @adamratnermd.bsky.social for the inspiration. blogs.jwatch.org/hiv-id-obser...

We are crowd sourcing reductions in graduate admissions and hiring freezes across biomedical research and higher ed in response to pauses in NIH funding and EO’s. If you have information if you could add to this spreadsheet, it would be greatly appreciated!: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A whole generation of early career scientists and physician-scientists, including colleagues and myself, are particularly vulnerable to these funding freezes and cuts, with jobs and careers depending on federal grants. #IDsky #Medsky #Episky www.science.org/content/arti...

Appreciate our city of Baltimore and the Baltimore US District Judge leading the defense of DEI programs which are critical for health and well-being #Medsky #Bmore #Baltimore www.yahoo.com/news/judge-b...

Having seen many patients with influenza in the ICU this winter, the losses in our preparedness for seasonal flu and H5N1 over the past weeks also makes me worried. A helpful thread below on what recent decisions mean for vaccine preparedness #IDsky #Medsky

The repercussions of these decisions will increase risk of global and local catastrophic events—from wildfires to outbreaks www.politico.com/news/2025/02... #medsky #IDsky

Thinking about colleagues at the CDC and currently in EIS. These cuts will make the US and the world less prepared for emerging infectious diseases. #IDSky

From Harold Varmus (Former NIH and NCI Director and Nobel laureate) Why Would We Undermine the Marvel of American Science? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

“there is always hope for something else, something better…” I appreciate this advice and this important article today from @gregggonsalves.bsky.social on how communities can respond to science denialism and threats to public health

CDC DATASETS on 1.28.2025 According to @altcdc.bsky.social The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. archive.org/details/2025... You need to know which data set you would like. Use CTRL+F to find a keyword from the list. 🧪🛟 #Episky #Statsky

✨PLEASE SHARE! CDC GUIDELINE ARCHIVES✨ ▶️STI GUIDELINES buff.ly/4jReLT4 buff.ly/3EmjR9B ▶️Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptives buff.ly/3PZzQNf buff.ly/4aKMEko ▶️VACCINE VIS buff.ly/4jJ1603 ▶️Others from @jessicavalenti.bsky.social LGBTQ CDCGuidelines.com #medsky #pedsky #IDsky 🛟🧪

The events of this past week remind me of this parchment I saw at the UN, declaring smallpox eradication over 40 years ago, a powerful moment. International collaboration and vaccination are critical to safeguarding health. I hope our congressional leaders remember this during upcoming hearings

Our article “Mpox: What have we learned and how do we better prepare for the future?” is freely available online as an editor’s choice We discuss multiple lessons and questions about both mpox clades, and addressing health inequities is essential #IDsky #Medsky academic.oup.com/jid/advance-...

Nice to see this infectious disease career roadmap by @idsainfo.bsky.social with advice/funding for undergrads, med students, residents, and fellows We need more resources like these to share with mentees and trainees to improve the ID pipeline #IDsky #Medsky www.idsociety.org/globalassets...

Our med ed project, "Medicine for a Changing Planet" will be highlighted in the upcoming Planetary Health Special Collection in OFID. In this publication we describe lessons from making a free online planetary health curriculum for clinicians #IDSky #MedSky academic.oup.com/ofid/advance...